The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-18

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from Forest to Chatsworth at o'clock this
morning on a special train Of a caboose and
freight cars with coffins. H. A. Mcclure, of
Keithburg, was one of the passengers His
wife and child had parted with him twenOy-
four hours before and wore going TO New
York. He reached Chatsworth 10 find the
couple stretched upon the floor Of the school
house. Kind hands here had placed the one
year-old baby boy in its mothers arms.
Their faces had escaped injury and looked
placid, as though asleep. Near by was the
crushed satchel containing the babys warl-
robe and toilet articles. The father spied
the powder box and baby puff before the
covering had been removed from their dead
faces and with groan he sank on his knees,
and throwing himself PROSTATE on the bod
les cried aloud.
Close by, wrapped in a white Sheet is
another baby, not yet identified. Half
score Of bodies of full-grown men and
women lay around on the pine floor The
school house is turned into morgue, and
affords a temporary abiding place for
another scora, while down at the depot the
correspondents have to pick their way
through double row of bodies to the tele-
graph office. In the baggage room the floor
bonnets, feathers, shoes and innumerable
other articles of attire which have been
brought up from the wreck. Among hese
are grouped the relatives of the dead, seeking
such personal effects as may have been
saved, and which may help the coroner to
make final Identification in some cases.
There are loud complaints regarding rob-
berries of the bodies, but ghoulism appears to
have been the work of a gang of pick
pockets who were OH the train for tho
plunder. The residents Of Chatsworth are
certainly not guilty of it, They, especially,
the women, have acted nobly DR.. Chinn.
of Chenoa, surgeon of this division of the
Peoria & Western, and DIR. Ballard, of the
same place, who were the first do tors on
the scene, have not since closed their eyes
They say that they expect to be able to
move all patients in the town hall to Peoria,
except Miss Valdejo and Mrs Clark, of
Ohio, who will probably die in the next
twenty-four hours One of the bodies in
depot was recognized this morning as John
Zelker, of Pekin.
A messenger from Pipers at G:3) this
morning reports thirty-four deaths last
night The names are not given. This
brings the death record to ia. A wrecking
train with four crews just left here for the
scene of the accident. 1t is believed that
there are several more bodies in the debris.
T. M. Kelly, of Breeds, ILL.,, and William
Lee, of Easton, arrived here this morning,
having walked in from Forest, six miles
The former was looking for his father, Jo~
seph Kelly, and his uncle, john He found
the latter in the hospital. The fathers body
is not yet identified Lee also failed to find
his brother, Charles c., who took tina train
from Peoria. IG is believed both are in the
wreck
The I'M jured are so scattered around, in a
house here and there and at Pipers, that it is
difficult to obtain reliable figures but most
reliable authority put the number at one
hundred OF the dead at Pipers is P. Van
Leu, member OF the firm of Van Leu SS
Morris, of Peoria, who was terribly crushed,
and died in his wife's arms, q few minutes
after her arrival There arc two others
dead; also an unknown woman at the depot
here; four men, one young girl, and one boy,
supposed to be bootblack who frequepts
"Soup alley" Peoria
The following is complete list Of the
killed: Mrs. Patton NJ. Cress, of Washing
ton, Ill. man, unknown, moving to Kanka-
kee; Miss Minnie After; large woman, gray
hair, gray dress; Mrs. Snederker; Mrs. j.
NJ Clay, of Eureka, terribly CUT James d.
Richards of Franklin. Neb /; S. G.. Breese
ticket from Peoria; Jesse Meek, single, aged
twenty two, of Eureka, ILL.,; Mrs. w.
Gerroison, of Peoria: Eveline Carrithers, of
Evans; r. e. Strachqn, of Peoria; Miss
Emma Stephens, of PEORIA Miss Alice Ste
phens, of Peoria, Michael Regan, of Bing
hamton; William c. Craig, of Cuba; Henry
Heillen, of Pekin; lady, red hair, unknown;
unknown, ticket Peoria; William Stephens,
of Peors, father of the two girls; Noah
Havermal, of Canton; Mav.l Smith, of Met
amora Mrs. Zimmerman, of Peoria; George
A. Smith, of Peoria lady, black hair; Agn.s
Murphy, aged eighteen months, Of Peoria;
Rose Murphy, of Peoria, aged three; baby,
aged one; girl, light. hair; e. f. Adams, of
of Fairbury; Troville of Peoria;
w. H. Lott of Elmwood; Ada Webster,
of Peoria; Mrs. William Allen, of Peoria;
Mrs Valdejo. of Peoria; H. Wright, rail-
road man, of Peoria; girl, no mark; Mrs
James Deal, of Peoria; Mrs. Miller; lady
and child, Mrs William Bell, of Peoria; r.
D. Weinette, of Peoria; lady, girl large
heavy man, e. Godel, of Peoria; Rev.
William NJ Collins, of Galesburg; young
man, unknown; j. Body; j. S. Kelly, Of
Breeds station, Mrs. John Murphy and two
children, Of Peoria: Lottie -, lady dressed
in black; Henry Swigelson, Of KeOkuk,
Iowa; Oney Sparks, of Green Valley;
~ A. Moore, ]. D. McFadden, of Peoria;
Capt, Dahlke, lady, gray dress; A. Martin,
of Bloomington; man, short, heavy, cut
badly: young man, Ed. McClintock, en-
gineer: J. A. Green, of Breeds Station;
T. f. Wright, carpenter; Pearl Adams, il
dead, was terribly bruised about the breast
and side; Owen Spates, of Green Valley;
William Stevens, of Green Valley; Mrs
Mrs. Gersetsen, Miss Mamie Powers, Mrs
H. ]. Mann, Mrs. E. E. Putney.
The following is full list of the injured:
Robert Reed, Of Astor, hurt internally;
Ed d. Compton, 81 Peoria, slightly hurt; A
r. Keershaw, of Peoria, brakeman, slightly
hurt; ASH Ulrich, of Peoria, slightly hurt;
Mrs. w. A. Sindle of Peoria, slightly hurt;
Mrs. James Cording, of Rusk, ILL.,, not seri-
ously; Peter and James Moran, of Aseria,
Turkey, slightly hurt; Antonia Lahert, OF
same place, badly hurt; Il. B. Stoddard, OF
West Point, arm broken; Artie Stoddard,
residence not given, leg broken; Miss Forbes,
of Washington, seriously; Marvin Cook, OK
Peoria, slightly; d. |. Ayres, Of Ironton,
Ill, arm broken and hurt internally; Mrs. B.
f. Ayres, collar bone broken and head hurt;
Edward Z. Putney, of Peoria, leg broken;
c. II. Webster. of Peoria, leg broken, Will
lam Ulrich, of Peoria, thigh broken; G.. H.
Cutterman, of La Harpe. ankle cut and
otherwise injured; Brown, residence
unknown, slightly; l., E. Rptterman, of Pc
Oria, head injured B. NJ. McDonough, 6
Macomb, leg broken; M. f. McDana, Of Pc
Oria county, injured on head; Thomas Law
renee, of Colchester, badly hurt, G. A. Still